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ReactOS becomes more reachable by introducing a new live boot CD and an improved ATA driver!

#ReactOS #Windows #FOSS #TechNews #TechUpdates #WindowsNT5 #WindowsNT

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/reactos-introduces-a-new-ata-driver-and-a-new-live-cd/

Nachschub für die 90er Retro-Software-Sammlung! Heute gibt es die deutsche Vollversion des Betriebssystems "Windows NT 4.0" auf CD-ROM. Natürlich inkl. der kompletten ISO, dem Service Pack 6a und sauberen Scans in 600dpi. Einen Satz kompatibler NT-Bootdisketten habe ich ebenfalls verlinkt.

Ich bin auch heute noch immer wieder begeistert, wie cool diese klassischen Microsoft CD-ROMs aussahen!

https://archive.org/details/nt4_de-sp1_cdrom

Viel Spaß damit! 😜

#WindowsNT #WinNT #Windows #Microsoft #90er #90s #Software #Computing #Retro #RetroComputing #IBMPC #Betriebssystem #CDROM

Der beste Bluescreen der Microsoft Geschichte.

#WindowsNT #NT4 #Microsoft #Bluescreen #RetroComputing #90s #90er

:very_funny:

#zoomers #2000s #windowsnt #windowsxp #windowsvista #retro #retrocomputing

Free to a good home: Crossword Construction Kit on 3 1/2" floppy for WIndows 95/NT. 💾 💾 💾 :win:

#FreeToAGoodHome #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #floppydisk #crossword #Windows95 #WindowsNT

Free to a good home: A Browser Mouse install floppy for DOS, Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT 3.51, and NT 4.0. 💾 :win:

#FreeToAGoodHome #RetroComputing #Floppy #Mouse #DOS #Windows95 #Windows98 #WindowsNT

#NTFS って #Windows2000 になるときに断絶があった (そのための #WindowsNT 4.0 SP6a) 認識だけど、その後って断絶がないんですか? #Windows

#NTFS って #Windows2000 になるときに断絶があった (そのための #WindowsNT 4.0 SP6a) 認識だけど、その後って断絶がないんですか? #Windows

Ah, yes, the groundbreaking revelation that #WSL2 is basically just a VM with delusions of grandeur 🤯. In a thrilling 9-minute dissertation, we're reminded that Windows NT subsystems are like the hipster cousins of VMs, still cool but desperately trying to convince everyone they’re not just living in the basement. 🖥️🧠
https://ssg.dev/isnt-wsl2-just-a-vm/ #VirtualMachine #WindowsNT #HipsterTech #GroundbreakingRevelation #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, yes, the groundbreaking revelation that #WSL2 is basically just a VM with delusions of grandeur 🤯. In a thrilling 9-minute dissertation, we're reminded that Windows NT subsystems are like the hipster cousins of VMs, still cool but desperately trying to convince everyone they’re not just living in the basement. 🖥️🧠
https://ssg.dev/isnt-wsl2-just-a-vm/ #VirtualMachine #WindowsNT #HipsterTech #GroundbreakingRevelation #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, yes, the groundbreaking revelation that #WSL2 is basically just a VM with delusions of grandeur 🤯. In a thrilling 9-minute dissertation, we're reminded that Windows NT subsystems are like the hipster cousins of VMs, still cool but desperately trying to convince everyone they’re not just living in the basement. 🖥️🧠
https://ssg.dev/isnt-wsl2-just-a-vm/ #VirtualMachine #WindowsNT #HipsterTech #GroundbreakingRevelation #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, yes, the groundbreaking revelation that #WSL2 is basically just a VM with delusions of grandeur 🤯. In a thrilling 9-minute dissertation, we're reminded that Windows NT subsystems are like the hipster cousins of VMs, still cool but desperately trying to convince everyone they’re not just living in the basement. 🖥️🧠
https://ssg.dev/isnt-wsl2-just-a-vm/ #VirtualMachine #WindowsNT #HipsterTech #GroundbreakingRevelation #HackerNews #ngated

How did the Windows 95 user interface code get to the Windows NT code base?

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20251028-00/?p=111733

#HackerNews #Windows95 #WindowsNT #UserInterface #TechHistory #Microsoft #DevBlogs

@DarvenDissek @sebsauvage The fun part is that #QDOS stood for "Quick and Dirty Operating System" and was a one-person project by somebody who built a CP/M alternative by himself.

#Microsoft bought it for small money, relabeled it as #MSDOS and made their first Millions with it.

Furthermore: #Windows was a rip-off from macOS. And #WindowsNT was a dirty hit in the back while MS was (co-)developing #OS2 for IBM.

Most people don't even know about #Excel and (partly) #Word being a 3rd-party software bought by MS.

The main contribution by MS was not as a software developing company. Their core competence was taking money for something that was for free and widely shared and improved by all sorts of people before. They invented proprietary software, software licenses and mandatory software bundles with hardware with no option not to pay for it.

Whatever software decisions were made on top, were mostly really poor decisions IMO.

@itsfoss

I'm grateful for my first contact with the #GNU #Linux world in 1998, in the college #computer lab... despite the #WindowMaker #WindowManager hehehe

The previous year we used the #lab of another #college in the same #university running #Microsoft #WindowsNT 3.51

In 1999 I tried using Linux on my personal computer, and since 2001 I definitively used the #Brazilian #distro #Conectiva (now defunct)

I've pushed myself a bit and tossed a rough tutorial on cross-compiling for #Windows3, #WindowsNT, #Windows95, and #MSDOS with #OpenWatcom up on the web zone: https://indigoparadox.zone/tutorials/watcom.html

It's late, so I don't trust my proofreading, but I've been asked about this enough where a quick and dirty tutorial has become a practical consideration. Hopefully it's useful!

Did you know that the 'NT' in Windows NT stood for "Nine Ten"?

The intended core platform for the OS was the then-expected Intel i910 RISC processor, which was to be the rebranded moniker for the i860 that can be found in the wild. *

It never came to be due to the i860s terrible handling of context switching -- a capability that a CPU for a multitasking, multiuser workstation OS must be able to do _very_efficiently_. The i860 wasn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTkFGZqVCM8&t=459s

*** EDIT: Several have pointed to sources indicating differently that NT stood for N10, which was the codename for the i860, so -- N10, N-Ten > NT.

#TIL #WindowsNT #Windows #Intel #i860 #i910 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #OS #techhistory #RISC #x86 #processors #computers #computinghistory #Microsoft

Did you know that the 'NT' in Windows NT stood for "Nine Ten"?

The intended core platform for the OS was the then-expected Intel i910 RISC processor, which was to be the rebranded moniker for the i860 that can be found in the wild. *

It never came to be due to the i860s terrible handling of context switching -- a capability that a CPU for a multitasking, multiuser workstation OS must be able to do _very_efficiently_. The i860 wasn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTkFGZqVCM8&t=459s

*** EDIT: Several have pointed to sources indicating differently that NT stood for N10, which was the codename for the i860, so -- N10, N-Ten > NT.

#TIL #WindowsNT #Windows #Intel #i860 #i910 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #OS #techhistory #RISC #x86 #processors #computers #computinghistory #Microsoft

Did you know that the 'NT' in Windows NT stood for "Nine Ten"?

The intended core platform for the OS was the then-expected Intel i910 RISC processor, which was to be the rebranded moniker for the i860 that can be found in the wild. *

It never came to be due to the i860s terrible handling of context switching -- a capability that a CPU for a multitasking, multiuser workstation OS must be able to do _very_efficiently_. The i860 wasn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTkFGZqVCM8&t=459s

*** EDIT: Several have pointed to sources indicating differently that NT stood for N10, which was the codename for the i860, so -- N10, N-Ten > NT.

#TIL #WindowsNT #Windows #Intel #i860 #i910 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #OS #techhistory #RISC #x86 #processors #computers #computinghistory #Microsoft

Did you know that the 'NT' in Windows NT stood for "Nine Ten"?

The intended core platform for the OS was the then-expected Intel i910 RISC processor, which was to be the rebranded moniker for the i860 that can be found in the wild. *

It never came to be due to the i860s terrible handling of context switching -- a capability that a CPU for a multitasking, multiuser workstation OS must be able to do _very_efficiently_. The i860 wasn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTkFGZqVCM8&t=459s

*** EDIT: Several have pointed to sources indicating differently that NT stood for N10, which was the codename for the i860, so -- N10, N-Ten > NT.

#TIL #WindowsNT #Windows #Intel #i860 #i910 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #OS #techhistory #RISC #x86 #processors #computers #computinghistory #Microsoft

Did you know that the 'NT' in Windows NT stood for "Nine Ten"?

The intended core platform for the OS was the then-expected Intel i910 RISC processor, which was to be the rebranded moniker for the i860 that can be found in the wild. *

It never came to be due to the i860s terrible handling of context switching -- a capability that a CPU for a multitasking, multiuser workstation OS must be able to do _very_efficiently_. The i860 wasn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTkFGZqVCM8&t=459s

*** EDIT: Several have pointed to sources indicating differently that NT stood for N10, which was the codename for the i860, so -- N10, N-Ten > NT.

#TIL #WindowsNT #Windows #Intel #i860 #i910 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #OS #techhistory #RISC #x86 #processors #computers #computinghistory #Microsoft

I kinda just tend to assume that everyone has a copy of VirtualBox, #pcem, and a multi-TB stash of ISOs from winworldpc.com on their NAS... but I'm occasionally reminded that this is not the case. If this is not you, but you need access to real #WindowsNT or #Windows95 or #Windows31 for an experiment or two, consider this a reminder that https://copy.sh/v86/ exists. #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

Working on a unique file manager based on legendary Midnight Commander. Would you like to try?

#mc #windows95 #dos #terminal #linux #ios #app #windows98 #windowsnt #MidnightCommander

While reading MSDN Library 2001 I came across mention that Exchange Server 5.5 supports AppleTalk.

I setup Exchange 5.5 and tried to find some version of MIcrosoft Mail for Macintosh that would work and/or do something, but ended up destroying my MacOS 9.2 virtual machine instead.

I just wanted to bring enterprise-grade mail services to the network :[

#AppleTalk #WindowsNT

Windows NT on the Nintendo Gamecube & Wii
I had a bad fall from a bike a few days ago and my arm is still really weak, which has affected how much typing I can put into these posts. Still, I am getting better, and so here's two videos of people installing Windows NT 4.0 to Nintendo consoles, using an ISO of the install CD and tools and informati
https://setsideb.com/windows-nt-on-the-nintendo-gamecube/
#niche #gamecube #niche #NT4 #PowerPC #StupidComputerTricks #video #WindowsNT #youtube

Heute genau vor 25 Jahren erschien #Windows 2000 (NT 5.0). Mit der Grundstein für alle nachfolgenden Windows Versionen wie #XP, #Vista, #Windows7, etc.
https://heise.de/-10282913
#Win2K #W2K #Millenium #WindowsNT

How OS/2 flop went on to shape modern #software
#Windows3 beat #OS2 because #IBM insisted that OS/2 ran on #80286, which crippled the new #OS. IBM's determination to serve its customers with 80286 PS/2s, and keep a promise, resulted in OS/2 being a failure. That is what allowed #Microsoft #Windows to gain the upper hand.
Soon after Windows 3.0 turned out to be a hit, OS/2 NT was rebranded as #WindowsNT. Even ardent Linux enthusiasts must concede Windows NT did quite well. https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/01/05/microsoft_os2_flop_future/

Hab gerade mal ein paar "speziellere", deutsche Diskettenpakete nach archive.org hochgeladen.

Neben "CorelDRAW 4", "Novell DOS 7" und einer OEM Version von "MS-DOS 5" gibt es auch vollständige DMF KryoFlux Images von Microsoft's "Word 6.0 und Excel 5.0 für Windows NT".

https://archive.org/details/@dfxthomas

Das macht alles in allem weitere 38 Disketten, die ich noch retten konnte.

Viel Spaß !!!

#KryoFlux #FloppyDisk #RetroComputing #Disketten #Word #Excel #NT #WindowsNT #Microsoft #DMF

So I have been wanting to learn more about how to use Microsoft Excel so I can teach other people about some of the more advanced programming techniques (EDIT: 1-on-1 lessons on their own computer with their own licensed copies of Excel). I want to teach myself more about Excel so I was going to install it on my own computer and do some advanced tutorials. But then I really do not want to burn up all of that disk space just to run Wine and Excel.

So I got to thinking:

1. is there an older version of Microsoft Excel I could use instead?
2. The “ribbon” UI/UX asside, how far back in time (in Excel software versions) would I have to go before the formula language and cell computation engine became too different from the most recent Excel that it would not be very useful for me as a learning/teaching tool?
3. Would it take less disk space to run this in a minimal Windows NT 2000 or Windows XP instance on QEMU than it would take on Wine?

#Excel #MicrosoftExcel #MSExcel #Spreadsheet #software #tech #Linux #LinuxWine #QEMU #Emulation #WindowsXP #WindowsNT #RetroComputing

Did you know that the concept of "OS-tan" has existed way before even ME-tan was made?

Take OS Idol Win-chan as an example. Win-chan's earliest appearance in media seems to be from a promotional CD by Enterbrain, which dates back as early as October 1998. This would mean that Win-chan predates Me-tan by almost 5 years. It's not specified what Windows version she represents.

Another example can be Magical Toko-chan who is from around 1999. She seems to represent BSD, has a theme song called "Rainbow Holy☆Trident" and has a sister that represents Solaris.

There is also also another "Wintel Miku" although there’s little art of her. She seems to represent WindowsNT4.0/95/98 and was created as the creator was inspired by Mgaical Toko.

Besides Win-Chan, Magical Toko, Solaris-Chan and Wintel Miku all have sites dedicared to them!

Toko: http://tokochan.haun.org/

Solaris-Chan: https://pony.tail.net/toko/sol.html

Wintel Miku: https://web.archive.org/web/20000226063048/http://www.quark-jp.co.jp/~hide/DirectGirl/index.asp

Also fun fact, Win-chan was made by the creator of Sgt.Frog and the concept designer for Kemono Friends, Yoshizaki Mine! This can be seen on his profile for his site here: http://mnet.nicomi.com/MINEprofile/YOSPRO.html

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #WindowsNT #Windows98 #Windows95 #BSD #Solaris #90s

Did you know that the concept of "OS-tan" has existed way before even ME-tan was made?

Take OS Idol Win-chan as an example. Win-chan's earliest appearance in media seems to be from a promotional CD by Enterbrain, which dates back as early as October 1998. This would mean that Win-chan predates Me-tan by almost 5 years. It's not specified what Windows version she represents.

Another example can be Magical Toko-chan who is from around 1999. She seems to represent BSD, has a theme song called "Rainbow Holy☆Trident" and has a sister that represents Solaris.

There is also also another "Wintel Miku" although there’s little art of her. She seems to represent WindowsNT4.0/95/98 and was created as the creator was inspired by Mgaical Toko.

Besides Win-Chan, Magical Toko, Solaris-Chan and Wintel Miku all have sites dedicared to them!

Toko: http://tokochan.haun.org/

Solaris-Chan: https://pony.tail.net/toko/sol.html

Wintel Miku: https://web.archive.org/web/20000226063048/http://www.quark-jp.co.jp/~hide/DirectGirl/index.asp

Also fun fact, Win-chan was made by the creator of Sgt.Frog and the concept designer for Kemono Friends, Yoshizaki Mine! This can be seen on his profile for his site here: http://mnet.nicomi.com/MINEprofile/YOSPRO.html

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #WindowsNT #Windows98 #Windows95 #BSD #Solaris #90s

Did you know that the concept of "OS-tan" has existed way before even ME-tan was made?

Take OS Idol Win-chan as an example. Win-chan's earliest appearance in media seems to be from a promotional CD by Enterbrain, which dates back as early as October 1998. This would mean that Win-chan predates Me-tan by almost 5 years. It's not specified what Windows version she represents.

Another example can be Magical Toko-chan who is from around 1999. She seems to represent BSD, has a theme song called "Rainbow Holy☆Trident" and has a sister that represents Solaris.

There is also also another "Wintel Miku" although there’s little art of her. She seems to represent WindowsNT4.0/95/98 and was created as the creator was inspired by Mgaical Toko.

Besides Win-Chan, Magical Toko, Solaris-Chan and Wintel Miku all have sites dedicared to them!

Toko: http://tokochan.haun.org/

Solaris-Chan: https://pony.tail.net/toko/sol.html

Wintel Miku: https://web.archive.org/web/20000226063048/http://www.quark-jp.co.jp/~hide/DirectGirl/index.asp

Also fun fact, Win-chan was made by the creator of Sgt.Frog and the concept designer for Kemono Friends, Yoshizaki Mine! This can be seen on his profile for his site here: http://mnet.nicomi.com/MINEprofile/YOSPRO.html

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #WindowsNT #Windows98 #Windows95 #BSD #Solaris #90s

Did you know that the concept of "OS-tan" has existed way before even ME-tan was made?

Take OS Idol Win-chan as an example. Win-chan's earliest appearance in media seems to be from a promotional CD by Enterbrain, which dates back as early as October 1998. This would mean that Win-chan predates Me-tan by almost 5 years. It's not specified what Windows version she represents.

Another example can be Magical Toko-chan who is from around 1999. She seems to represent BSD, has a theme song called "Rainbow Holy☆Trident" and has a sister that represents Solaris.

There is also also another "Wintel Miku" although there’s little art of her. She seems to represent WindowsNT4.0/95/98 and was created as the creator was inspired by Mgaical Toko.

Besides Win-Chan, Magical Toko, Solaris-Chan and Wintel Miku all have sites dedicared to them!

Toko: http://tokochan.haun.org/

Solaris-Chan: https://pony.tail.net/toko/sol.html

Wintel Miku: https://web.archive.org/web/20000226063048/http://www.quark-jp.co.jp/~hide/DirectGirl/index.asp

Also fun fact, Win-chan was made by the creator of Sgt.Frog and the concept designer for Kemono Friends, Yoshizaki Mine! This can be seen on his profile for his site here: http://mnet.nicomi.com/MINEprofile/YOSPRO.html

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #WindowsNT #Windows98 #Windows95 #BSD #Solaris #90s

Did you know that the concept of "OS-tan" has existed way before even ME-tan was made?

Take OS Idol Win-chan as an example. Win-chan's earliest appearance in media seems to be from a promotional CD by Enterbrain, which dates back as early as October 1998. This would mean that Win-chan predates Me-tan by almost 5 years. It's not specified what Windows version she represents.

Another example can be Magical Toko-chan who is from around 1999. She seems to represent BSD, has a theme song called "Rainbow Holy☆Trident" and has a sister that represents Solaris.

There is also also another "Wintel Miku" although there’s little art of her. She seems to represent WindowsNT4.0/95/98 and was created as the creator was inspired by Mgaical Toko.

Besides Win-Chan, Magical Toko, Solaris-Chan and Wintel Miku all have sites dedicared to them!

Toko: http://tokochan.haun.org/

Solaris-Chan: https://pony.tail.net/toko/sol.html

Wintel Miku: https://web.archive.org/web/20000226063048/http://www.quark-jp.co.jp/~hide/DirectGirl/index.asp

Also fun fact, Win-chan was made by the creator of Sgt.Frog and the concept designer for Kemono Friends, Yoshizaki Mine! This can be seen on his profile for his site here: http://mnet.nicomi.com/MINEprofile/YOSPRO.html

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #WindowsNT #Windows98 #Windows95 #BSD #Solaris #90s

“É o caminhão do garbage collector passando na sua rua!”

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/10/08/e-o-caminhao-do-garbage-collector-passando-na-sua-rua/

#MundoRetro #ConvergentWorkSlate #GarbageCollector #Intel4004 #Libretto #Linux #MSDOS #RaspberryPiPico #Thinkpad #TMS9918 #toshiba #UNIX #usbc #VDP #VNCFOX #WindowsNT #Workstation

I'd completely forgotten about #DrWatson for #WindowsNT!

I seem to remember Dr. Watson started life as a separate set of utilities not unlike Norton Utilities. Am I misremembering?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Watson_(debugger)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Utilities

Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel - Here's the Keyboar... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2045029 #windows1124h2 #windows1.0 #windows11 #windows95 #windowsnt #tech

It was 28 years ago today that Microsoft released Windows NT 4.0 to manufacturing, the last step before retail release. It was the first version of Windows NT to achieve really widespread success. In this blog post, we look at why that was. #windowsnt #windowsnt4 #retropc #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/windows-nt-4-0-released-to-manufacturing-july-31-1996/

#WindowsNT and #NetWare on #PARISC, and a #HPUX port to #x86

https://www.openpa.net/windows_netware_pa-risc.html

Domingo da Dave-entrevista: David Plummer entrevista David Cutler

https://retropolis.com.br/2023/10/22/domingo-da-dave-entrevista-david-plummer-entrevista-david-cutler/

#MundoRetro #DavePlummer #DavesGarage #DavidCutler #entrevista #RSX11M #VMS #Windows #WindowsNT

Windows 95, 98, and other decrepit versions can grab online updates again - Enlarge / The Windows 95 desktop. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)

... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1952418 #retrocomputing #windowsnt4.0 #windows2000 #windows95 #windows98 #windowsme #windowsnt #tech